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"BIOS serial number as shown on the power-up screen..."

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From: Matuzalem
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 11:31
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Witam!

//=============================================
Q1: Is there an interrupt to get the BIOS serial number as shown on the
   power-up screen?
A: (Ralf Brown)
   There is no general way to get the serial number.  In most cases,
you
   need to know the proper offset in the BIOS image for that particular
   make, model, and revision of the BIOS (and that offset may not even
   be present in the real-mode image loaded into shadow RAM!).

   Further, with a flashable BIOS, it is quite likely that every single
   machine that has been updated with a downloadable upgrade from the
   Web will have identical serial numbers, assuming they weren't
already
   identical as shipped from the factory with the original BIOS
version.
   Because of this, the BIOS serial number is essentially useless for
   any identification purposes.
//=============================================

Tak wiem otrzymalem odp. "There is no general way to get the serial
number."
Ale, moze jednak ktos zna jakis sposรณb? (z tego co wiem to te
pytanie zostalo zadane w 2000 roku moze ktos cos jednak znalazl :P
:)  )

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